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A campaigner has told how he tried to warn schools of the danger posed by online blackmail before the death of a teenage victim this summer.

Scott Freeman, the founder of Cybersmile, a British charity that runs a helpline for victims of cyberbullying, said that he tried to raise awareness of the problem in the months leading up to Daniel Perry’s death. “We were really frustrated because we saw this was going to start costing lives,” he said.

Daniel, 17, from Dunfermline, Fife, killed himself in July after a Skype conversation with someone he believed to be a girl the

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This is an extract from a real internet chat log between a 16-year-old girl and an adult male who abused her online.

The conversation shows the control the offender has over his victim.

It begins with the offender asking the girl’s age and sex, before persuading her to turn on the webcam.

The next day, the log reveals that the conversation has become sexual and the victim pleads with her offender not to do anything "dirty".

He tells her: "u have no choice only u listen to me this time ok."

The victim replies: "Uve got ur slaves ... you sed that you didn’t need me no more. Thanks for making me want to kill myself."

Later that day he orders her to her bedroom to obey his orders.

"I want u do ur best this time. Don’t make me mad at u again. And ill keep deal ok. Go in room now. Soon u will be free."